Shirley Summerskill
The Honourable Shirley Summerskill | |
|---|---|
Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs | |
| In office 8 March 1974 – 7 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | David Lane |
| Succeeded by | Lord Belstead |
| Member of Parliament for Halifax | |
| In office 15 October 1964 – 8 June 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Maurice Macmillan |
| Succeeded by | Roy Galley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill 9 September 1931 |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Jeffrey Samuel Edith Summerskill |
| Relatives | Ben Summerskill (nephew) |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford |
Shirley Catherine Wynne Summerskill (born 9 September 1931) is a British Labour Party politician and former government minister, who served as the Member of Parliament for Halifax from 1964 to 1983.[1][2]
Early life
Summerskill was born in London, the daughter of Dr E. Jeffrey Samuel and
Parliamentary career
After unsuccessfully contesting the
When Labour returned to opposition after the Conservative victory at the 1979 general election, Summerskill became an opposition spokesperson on Home Affairs. She lost her seat at the 1983 general election to the Conservative Roy Galley.[1]
Outside Parliament
Summerskill authored two novels, A Surgical Affair (1963) and Destined to Love (1986). In
Personal life
Sumerskill married lawyer and future Labour MP John Ryman in 1957; they divorced in 1971.[4]
Her nephew,
References
- ^ . Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Dr Shirley Summerskill".
- ^ "Centre for Advancement of Women in Politics: Women elected in the 1960s". qub.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ISSN 0161-2433. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
